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ASME B31.3 Chemical Plant Petroleum Refinery Piping And Course
For course fees click on the link under 'Peer Pages' in the left hand
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Understanding the "Why?" behind the ASME piping code requirements
is important when applying the regulations to gray areas of piping design. This course provides background and an historical review of the design,
materials, fabrication, examination and testing requirements, as well as
practical knowledge of current methods and trends in piping design and
construction, within the context of the requirements and intent of ASME B31.3
Key Benefits
The B31 course has a 26 hour duration and covers the following areas:
- Piping code history, basic philosophy and organization.
- Piping design criteria: design conditions; design loads (pressure,
gravity, thermal, seismic, wind, vibration, thermal hydraulic, anchor
movement); failure mode; primary and secondary stress categories; load
categorization; allowable stresses.
- Pressure design: Wall thickness calculation; area replacement, bend-wall
thinning variation from normal conditions; pressure-temperature ratings.
- External loads design: Flexibility; fatigue; stress intensification;
combined loads; cold spring; simplified analysis methods.
- Pipe support design: support types; assumptions; load combinations;
variable supports; lug and attachments.
- System piping, pressure relief piping, hazardous material piping,
instrument piping, non-metallic Piping.
- Materials, fabrication, examination, inspection and testing questions and
answers.
 About the Instructor
Glynn E. Woods, P.E., course director, is a Senior Piping Engineer for
Technip-Coflexip. He has experience in the field of piping
design, stress, supports and failure analysis, as well as piping component
design, analysis and testing. For more than 18 years, he has been providing this
expertise for both new and operating plants - offering field experience
arriving at safe, economical piping design as well as solutions to piping
problems. Mr. Woods is a member of the ASME B31.3 Chemical Plant and Petroleum
Refinery Piping Committee and the ASME Mechanical Design Committee.
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